How do I find out about concerts? How do I get more details about something I heard over the air? How do I submit events to WORT’s Music Calendars? Who do I contact with changes or cancellations?

WORT’s Music Calendars are a great resource to find out about concerts in all genres and places. Usually you’ll find details in the online listing or links to get more information. There’s a link to to submit your event at the top of the calendar page. You can also submit events, changes and cancellations to calendar@wortfm.org.

Contact Information

Music Director: Sybil Augustine – musicdirector@wortfm.org (for music submissions, charts and tracking, promotional exchanges for music events and following up on volunteer applications or other requests. Please include specifics in your subject line, such as “Hiphop Music Submission” etc, )

How do I get my music played on WORT?

We accept submissions in most genres and styles of music, focusing on noncommercial, out-of-the-mainstream, independent releases (check out our playlists and music charts for more information.) It may take up to a few weeks for us to review and process your submission so we appreciate your patience, and feel free to contact us to follow up. Please send your music, indicating any tracks with language that needs to be aired after 10 pm and including a one-sheet description and any biographical and tour information, to WORT Music Director, 118 S. Bedford St, Madison, WI 53703 and/or to musicdirector@wortfm.org.

We do accept digital files on .wav or mp3, but currently we still prefer CDs to digital submissions because it’s the quickest way to get it into the hands of our programmers and onto the airwaves, though we have a growing digital library. Digital submissions should be .wav or other lossless files, or high quality mp3s [128-320 kbps.]

You can follow up or “track” your submissions by email, or call 608-256-2001 on Wednesdays between 1-4 pm CST to ask if we received it, has it been reviewed, has it been added to our library, and what kind of airplay it’s getting—e.g. light, medium, heavy or charting. Thanks and we look forward to hearing your music!

WORT Music Playlists

What was that song I heard? Who was the artist, what is the album title, where can I get it? Where can I find the entire playlist for a show?

Click on the Playlists button to bring up a calendar where you can choose any date to find the playlists for that day. If you can’t find the right playlist or the song you’re looking for, your best bet is to call the station the next time that program’s on and ask the host yourself. If that’s not possible we may be able to help you, but please have as much information as possible at hand when you contact us, such as: approximate day and time the music was played, what type or genre of music it was, who hosted the show and any other information you remember about the selection and we’ll do our best to track it down.

Once you figure it out, there’s a “Buy It!” link next to each track in online playlists that leads you to a place where you can buy songs and albums, and by doing it that way a small portion of each purchase goes to support WORT.

The Insurgent Radio Kiosk

The Kiosk is a four minute pre-recorded segment featuring a commentary and a calendar of events for the day. Members of the public may submit events by going to the Kiosk announcements page and filling out the form there at least 10 days in advance of the event.

It’s This Weekend’s Action Calendar! A Madison Mayoral Candidate Forum will be held on Saturday, February 16th, starting at 6 p.m., at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. Free and open to all, the forum will be moderated by Dr. Ruben Anthony, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison. Phone […]

It’s This Weekend’s Action Calendar! A free screening of Spike Lee’s film, “BlackKKLansman”, will be shown this evening from 7 to 8:45 p.m. at the Hawthorne Library, 2707 East Washington Avenue. The film tells the true story of an African-American police detective who infiltrates and exposes the Ku Klux Klan. Phone 246-4548 for information. WORT’s […]

It’s This Weekend’s Action Calendar! The UW’s American Indian Studies Program will present an Evening With Native American Storytellers tonight at 7 p.m. at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, 330 North Orchard Street. Traditional stories will be told in indigenous languages followed by English translations. Phone 316-4300 for information. Enjoy the free, […]

It’s Today’s Action Calendar! All are invited to the 34th Annual King Holiday Observance this evening in the Overture Center’s Capitol Theater. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Choir will perform at 5 p.m., followed by Keynote Speaker Cheryl Brown-Henderson. Ms. Brown-Henderson is one of the three daughters of Reverend Oliver Brown, who […]

This is the Insurgent Radio Kiosk for Friday, January 11th It’s This Weekend’s Action Calendar! A free Grove and Glide session will be offered tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at Warner Park, 2930 North Sherman Avenue. Skate under the lights with music and games to keep you moving on the ice. Skate rentals […]

It’s This Weekend’s Action Calendar! All are invited to a community meal followed by a screening of the documentary film “The Reluctant Radical”, featuring climate change activist Ken Ward, tonight at 5:45 p.m. at the First Unitarian Society, 900 University Bay Drive. The film follows Ward as he confronts the fossil fuel industry. For information, […]